The Road Home - Rose Tremain Reviews

I was totally blown away by this book, it was amazing. It follows a character called Lev, who has lost his wife to illness and is left with his young daughter and her grandmother. They are struggling to make ends meet after Lev loses his job, so he comes across to London to make money to send back home for his daughter. Its a totally modern and ...  Read the complete review

This book was a surprise as I really didn't enjoy reading one of Rose Tremain's other books, 'The Colour'. So it was with trepidation that I started this novel. It was good to see it bang up to date and quite topical in its subject matter. The novel centres around Lev, who has left his eastern European country to come to London in search of work. ...  Read the complete review

When he is made redundant from his town's saw mill, widower Lev leaves behind his young daughter with her grandmother and makes the long coach trip from Eastern Europe to London, hoping to find a job that will enable him to earn enough money to send home to make a better life for Maya. With the help of Lydia, a fellow passenger, he slowly starts ...  Read the complete review

Lev is mourning his wife Marina, dead of leukaemia at the age of 36. After losing his job in the Baryn sawmill, which closed after all the trees had been used up, he sinks into depression while his elderly mother supports him and his 5 year old daughter Maya by making tin jewellery. The money is not enough though and Lev decides to go to Britain, ...  Read the complete review